The Recall Desk
HighFDA (Food)·H-0218-2026·Announced 2025-12-10

Pizza style four cheese blend recalled over potential metal fragments

Great Lakes Cheese is recalling 117 cases of Food Club Finely Shredded Pizza Style Four Cheese Blend over potential metal fragments originating in a supplier raw material.

What this means for you

Real risk of harm even if no illness or injury has been reported yet. Stop using the product and follow the agency's guidance.

Our severity reasoning: Scored 3 under the risk-of-harm criterion: metal fragments in a ready-to-eat food are a physical hazard, and no illnesses or injuries are reported.

Plain-English summary

Food Club Finely Shredded Pizza Style Four Cheese Blend, containing low-moisture part-skim mozzarella, not-smoked provolone, parmesan and romano cheeses, sold in 8 oz plastic bags with UPC 3680017231 and packed 12 per case, is being recalled.

The recall is a downstream action following potential metal fragments from a supplier raw material.

The recall covers 117 cases carrying batch and sell-by code 0008917666 3/21/2026. Distribution covered Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, Nebraska, New Mexico, Nevada, New York, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin and Puerto Rico. The FDA has classified the action as Class II.

Consumers who have a bag matching this code should not eat it and should follow the retailer's return instructions.

The recalled product

Product
Food Club Finely Shredded Pizza Style Four Cheese Blend (containing low-moisture part-skim mozzarella, not-smoked provolone, parmesan & romano cheeses), 8 oz., packaged individually in a plastic bag, UPC 3680017231, 12/case
Manufacturer
Great Lakes Cheese Co Inc
Hazard
  • foreign-material
  • metal-fragments
  • supplier-recall

Is your product affected?

Check your packaging against the codes below. If any of them match, the product is part of this recall.

Lot numbers (1)

  • Batch/Sell By Date: 0008917666 3/21/2026

Distribution

Distributed in 31 states:

  • AL
  • AR
  • AZ
  • CA
  • CO
  • FL
  • GA
  • ID
  • IL
  • IN
  • KS
  • KY
  • LA
  • MN
  • MO
  • MS
  • NC
  • NE
  • NM
  • NV
  • NY
  • OK
  • OR
  • PA
  • SC
  • TN
  • TX
  • UT
  • VA
  • WA
  • WI